He contrasted groups of intrigue with those which "cling to principles rather than to their consequences" to define small and great political parties. He warned that by concentrating power in "an irresponsible person" constitutional democracies could fall prey to "soft despo
He contrasted groups of intrigue with those which "cling to principles rather than to their consequences" to define small and great political parties. He warned that by concentrating power in "an irresponsible person" constitutional democracies could fall prey to "soft despotism" in one text. In that same book, he described how "I myself met with the last of the Iroquois, who were begging alms" in a chapter on the "Present and Probable Future Conditions of the (*) Indian Tribes." Late in his career he analyzed France under Louis XVI in The Old Regime and the Revolution. He researched his most famous work with Gustave de Beaumont, although he'd expand its scope beyond prison reform. For 10 points, name this author of Democracy in America, a French visitor to 1830s-era United States.
He contrasted groups of intrigue with those which "cling to principles rather than to their consequences" to define small and great political parties.
Alexis-Charles-Henri Clerel de {Tocqueville}